'Pension pain' avoided as court rules retirement funds protected in bankruptcy

James Phillips
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Savers will not be forced to fork out their retirement savings to pay outstanding debts if they have to declare bankruptcy, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

In Horton v Henry, the court was asked whether savers subject to an Income Payments Order (IPO) would need to part ways with undrawn pension funds in order to pay the bankruptcy trustee. Normall...

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